Dario Silva loses leg after crash - Uruguayan in coma after car accident

[rockykabir]

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1880519,00.html

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Silva loses leg after crash[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Uruguayan in coma after car accident[/FONT]

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif] Staff and agencies
Monday September 25, 2006

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Former Portsmouth striker Dario Silva has undergone emergency surgery to amputate his right leg after crashing his car into a column of street lights in Uruguay.The 33-year-old and two other past Uruguayan internationals, Elbio Pappa and Dardo Pereira, were taken to hospital after the accident on the "Rambla", a Montevideo highway that fronts the River Plate Estuary, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Authorities revealed that the impact sent Silva hurtling through a side window, knocking him unconscious and causing the bone in his right leg to break through the skin. Despite their best efforts to save the leg, surgeons at La Espanola hospital were forced to amputate it from the knee down.


"Silva's situation is absolutely not solved with the amputation. We are worried about a possible infection," said Dr Mario Cancela, who added that Silva had been placed in a medically-induced coma, after fracturing his skull. "The patient is under a pharmacological coma. Now, we are interested in saving his life."The other two players suffered only minor injuries.
Silva played 49 matches for the Uruguayan national team, scoring 15 goals, and played the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. He is currently without a club after leaving Portsmouth in February.
A Fratton Park statement read: "Portsmouth football club would like to wish him a full and speedy recovery."

 

[PetrovLFC]

 

[Nick Cave]

Sh*t, that awful.....

 

[pk9]

wow, so :sad: for the silver fox!

 

[SPiTFiRE]

The blonde one?

 

[Kenny M]

so who's fault was it?

if he was speeding then fair play.

 

[ooh_harry]

regardless of whether he was speeding or not, football has lost a good player. Remember THAT goal during WC 2002?

 

[Bule]

 

[miguel.]

 

[Nick Cave]

so who's fault was it?

if he was speeding then fair play.

Smeg I speed all the time like most people I'd never call losing a limb fair play... DUI then he's a numpty but fair play?? :-s

 

[Potato Waffle]

I bet he is 'hopping mad' after that incident.

 

[Nick Cave]

yes you are a waffle.

 

[miguel.]

He's more than a waffle for sure... A burned one, probably.

 

[djdoc]

And now a banned one too someone did us all a favour.

DJ

 

[Nick Cave]

And now a banned one too someone did us all a favour.

DJ

:applause: Swift and Just!!

 

[miguel.]

What an asshole... :roll: Thanks to whoever banned him.

 

[rockykabir]

I'm sure he was an ex member

 

[miguel.]

Me too. Probably ninjabreakz... :roll:

Sorry for the off-topic.

 

[SPiTFiRE]

it's was the Miss Pink Pussy Breakz striking back!

 

[silascou]

Too bad for him, very bad to see someone in a situation like that.

 

[scarface1999]

when me and my amatuer team where denied practice at an indoorfield we where like "someone has actually denied us from playing football, the acopalypse is near". then stories like these comes up and and it makes you think seriously. he can never ever shoot a ball again. hope he finds another sport that he can put his heart into...

 

[Milanista]

He can probably play again, but not at the same level as before. He can get a synthetic leg like many people with similar problems have.

 

[scarface1999]

the angle you are in when you shoot makes it hard for me to think it will work.
i mean it works for runners cuz their angle is always the same and their foots are always straight forward, footballers arent.

 

[RuneEdge]

Maybe a goalkeeper could but definately not an outfield player. Thats asking for too much.

 

[marukomu]

or a referee